As I'd indicated in my previous (B777) post, it was the AA B777 which had given me the opportunity to stay "afloat", as a (human...🙂...) air traveler, for my longest continuous period (~19 hours) in the sky...above the bonds of mother earth...across a distance of nearly 12,000 kilometers (8,000 statute miles or 7,000 nautical miles)...(so, here, in this post, I wished to share a few pictures of this livery)....

To put things in perspective, just about 100 years ago from the time of that (taken-for-granted) normal (scheduled) commercial flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, had made the first successful flight, in history, of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville had piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet on its inaugural (first) flight (120 feet = (1/25)th of a kilometer). It's hard to get over that (timeless) image of Orville flying prostrate on that airplane, and Wilbur looking on anxiously from the ground. There were, reportedly, three more test-flights made that day, with Wilbur and Orville taking turns (i.e. Wilbur->Orville->Wilbur) as the Pilot "flying". The last flight, that day, made by Wilbur, had lasted 59s, covering 852 feet. So, 100 years span of advancement and from 0.04 kilometer (12sec) to 12,000+ kilometers (19hrs)...!!

American Airlines, of this post, since, its historic inception days, is well-known for its polished-silver liveries. We're familiar with the (longest-standing, 1968-2013) Red, White, and Blue color-scheme, in (base) silver color, with the classic "scissors" Eagle, above the AA logo on the tail. American's newest (and completely different) livery, introduced 2013, the year of merger announcement with US Airways, is of silver-mica paint (necessitated by their latest aircraft featuring composite materials), with "American" prominently written out (in a custom typeface, called, "American Sans"). Near the "American" (left of "A" on LHS fuselage and right of "n" on RHS fuselage), the new (and curious) Blue-Red "symbol" was introduced also incorporating an Eagle (with outstretched (colored) wings (?) in flying motion), that replaced the time-honored "AA" plus the "cross-winged" Eagle logo. The new tail is now decorated with colored stripes. Some diehard legacy-livery fans were probably disappointed...🙂..., as is always the case,...(as another example, the transition of the historic (old) Lufthansa color, into their new livery, comes to mind too)....

American Airlines is a founding member of "oneworld", with 13 global airlines in the alliance (such as BA/CATHAY/QT/JAL etc.). Back in 2009, American Airlines had, unveiled the special "oneworld" exterior paint design, first, on one of Its Boeing 777 Aircraft. This is the B777 livery, which caught my attention, today, and is the subject livery of this post.

So, please find, below, a collection of (representative) images of the AA (oneworld) new livery, B777-200ER (GE), landing on ILS Rwy 04R of KJFK, in the dawn light, from south, over the Bay waters, across the western tip of Long Island (NY). The Airport is same as the one I'd previously shown the Emirates B777, to be departing from.

Thanks for viewing and hope you enjoy these images...! Good rest of the week....!

[Captain Sim (B777-200ER), Drzewiecki-Design (KJFK), REX]

Edited November 11, 20205 yr by P_7878

I was hoping for the classic livery.....but hey ho nice set anyway. 😁

Great post, again, P_7878

Fetch the lynch mob and burn me at the stake.. I quite like the newer AA livery.   It would still look great on older aircraft with acres of polished aluminium real estate 

Thanks, Ed, Bernd, Mark, for the comments....!!

 

Ed:

You and I seem to be stuck, a bit, with the classic liveries...🙂....oh well...the Airline executives seem to have other plans, and it's time, for us, to move on, I guess,...though, a bit against our will,...to the new....(like Mark here...🙂...)...

Anyway, for your love of the old, please see below, the B777 in the Classic American paint. (Captain Sim, also, thought this paint good enough to make it their default 777 livery/flight...)...

I've also thrown in, below, an image of BA (777-200ER), part of the same "oneworld" alliance, btw, I noticed this BA-777 has GE engines, just like the AA, (I was thinking it would rather have RR, instead, like the Emirates...),....Enjoy...!